I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity.
I think in our desire to create a better America,we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling.
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.
A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.
All joy... emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings.
If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
The power of thought is not a compelling force. It is a building force, and it is only when used in the latter sense that desirable results can be produced.
Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed.
A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.
Experiencing life with your whole heart will not only bring more of what you desire but often it will surpass what you could have imagined!
A man might desire something for a moment, while a larger part of him rejects it. You'll need to learn to judge people by their actions, not their thoughts.
..the writer’s obsession – the desire to know and communicate, or, rather, to know everything so as to communicate with the greatest degree of precision.
In you is a formidable force that can bring the desired change you want in the world. Stop waiting for the perfect time, go to work now!
Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
I want people to perceive me as a guy who wants it. That I play the game with passion and desire. That I'm athletic, that I'm fast, and I'm relentless.
Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others.
Will the desire to maintain power and our level of comfort in our religious institutions equal the zeal of the Pharisees and Herodians who plotted to kill Jesus?
